English Wordbook/T

Staff T of the English Wordbook.

Basic abbreviations: att'd=attested, OE=Old English, NHG=New High German, Du.=Dutch

For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see Forshortenings.

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tabernacle	n	tilding (<OE geteldung), shifthouse, worship hut, worship booth
table	n	board
table	n	spreadsheet
tacit	adj	unspoken, understood
tailor	n	outfitter, cloth(es)maker, thimbleman, snyder/snither
tailor	vb	shoehorn
talkative	adj	talksome, chatty, gabby, outspoken, long-winded, (eloquent) quethle (<OE cwedol)
tank	n	(heavy) strifewain
target	n	goal
target date	n	deadline, end-time
taste	vb	smack, smatch
tauromachy	n	bullfighting, bullfight
tattoo	n	skinmark, skintoken
tavern	n	alehouse, beer hut
tax	n	geld
taxation	n	gelding, geldnold
taxman	n	geldman, bodereaper (<O.E. Bidrepe)
tea	n	leafwos, leafwoos (wos/woos is M.E. for juice)
technical language	n	craftspeech (<OE cræftspræc)
technically	adj	lorewise
technology	n	craftlore, witcraft
tedious	adj	boring, tiresome, longsome, dull, dree, longful
telepathy	n	mindreading, thoughtcasting
telephone	n	wirecaller, blower, dogbone
telescope	n	spyglass
television	n	sightcasting, bairdscraft
television set	n	sightcast set, farseer, baird box
television programme	n	sightcast, sightcast show, sightcast foredraught
televisual	adj	sightcast
temper	vb	anneal
tempestuous	adj	stormy
temporal	adj	timewise, timely, tidesome
temporal	adj	worldly
temporarily	adv phr	for a while only
temporary	adj	makeshift, tidely
tempt	vb	costen, forlead, forseek/forseech (Calque of NHG versuchen), fash
tenacious	adj	dogged, unyielding
tend	vb	tilt towards, lean, slant, look after
tendon	n	sinew
tenebrous	adj	dark, gloomy, thester
tenebrosity	n	darkness, gloom, thesterness
tense	adj	tight, taut, spanned
tent	n	tild (<OE geteld), shifthouse, stretchhouse
tepid	adj	luke, lukewarm
term	n	begrip (calque from continental Germanic langs)
terminal	adj	dead-end
terminate	vb	end
termite	n	white-ant
terrible	adj	ghastful, awful
terrific	adj	awesome
terrify	vb	scare, spook, startle, strike fear, affright, frighten
territory	n	land
territory division	n	wapentake, hundred, hund, ward, lathe, riding, tithing,
terror	n	dread, fear, affright
terrorism	n	dreadness, dreadwreakness, dread-doing
terrorist	n	dreadstriker, dreadworker, dread-doer, dreadwreaker
test	n	forseek/forseech (Calque of NHG Versuch)
test	vb	forseek/forseech (Calque of NHG versuchen)
testament (will)	n	will, ervebeek (plural) (<OE ierfebéc), ervewrit (<OE ierfegewrit)
testator (will-writer)	n	willwriter, ervewardwriter (<OE ierfeweardwrítere), ervewritend (<OE ierfewrítend)
testicle	n	bollock, ball, nut
testimony	n	witness
text	n	wording
textbook	n	lorebook
textile	n	cloth
theatre/theater (drama)	n	waving (<OE wáfung)
theatre/theater (place)	n	wavingstow (<OE wáfungstów), showhall, playhouse
theme	n	underwarp (cf. Du. onderwarp)
theology	n	godlore
theory	n	thought, belief, guesspell
thesaurus	n	wordnet
throne	n	king-seat, king's seat, kingship (such as in "the English throne")
tibia	n	shank-bone, shinbone
tiger	n	stripecat
timid	adj	shy, fearful, meek, thewless
tint	n	hue
title	n	sterling
toast	vb	wassail
tobacco	n	pipeweed, smokeleaf
toilet	n	bathroom, washroom, restroom
tolerate	vb	thole, brook, bear, abide, (phr) to put up with
tomb	n	grave, grave-barrow
topography	n	landscape, landlay
torch	n	flashlight, handlight
torch	vb	set alight, set ablaze
torment	vb & n	threst, dretch, rack, tousle
torture	vb	forpine, smite, rack, tousle
total	adj	utter, full
totally	adv	altogether, fully, wholly, outright, utterly
touch	vb	handle, feel, finger
tourist	n	sightseer
tower	n	keep
trachea	n	windpipe
track	n	path, way
tractor	n	tug, tugwain, tower
tradition	n	folklore, folkways, oldenway, thew(s)
traditional	adj	thewkeeping, thewabiding, oldenwayish
tragedy	n	sorrowplay, ill-hap,woehap, deadly happening, wrothful happening, time of sorrow
tragic	adj	truly sad, truly upsetting, greatly unhappy, heartbreaking, wretched, dreadful, woeful, baleful, baneful, black, deadly, unblessed
trailblazing	adj	groundbreaking
train	n	tow, tug
trait	n	tie
traitor	n	andwerver, forreder (Cf. OE forrǽda), trustreaver
transcend	vb	yondstigh, get past, go beyond, overgo, overfare
transcribe	vb	yondwrite, cross-spell
transfer	vb	forbring (Cf. NHG verbringen), tweenswitch, bequeath, bring over, will, deed, hand to, hand over, shift, turn over, yondbring
transform	vb	forshape
transgress	vb	misdo
transit	n	thoroughfare, faring
transit	v	fare
transition	n	wending, faring, switch-over, overswitch, toswitch
transitional	wendingly, wendsome
translate	vb	wend, overset, set over, put into another tung, set in another tung, overbring
translation	n	oversetting (Cf. G. "Übersetzung", Norw. "oversettelse"), wending
transliminal	adj	threshold-overstepping, over-threshold
transmit	vb	broadcast, yondput, send across, send, send out, send over
transmission (telecommunication)	n	broadcast, yondputing, sending
transparency	n	throughbrightness ("throughbright" <OE þurhbeorht + "-ness")
transparent	adj	see-through throughbright (<OE þurhbeorht) throughshine (<OE þurhscýne)
transpire	vb	happen, come to happen, leak out, come out
transport	vb	overcarry* (*Carry is of Latin origin), tweenbear, ferry
transcribe	vb	downwrite
transfigure	vb	forwandle (Calque of NHG verwandeln), yondshape, shapeshift
transfiguration	n	forwandling (Calque of NHG Verwandlung), yondshaping, shapeshifting
Transfiguration (rel.)	n	Foreclearing (cf. NHG Verklärung, Sw. förklaring)
transform	vb	forshape [past forshope, ppt forshapen] (<OE forscieppan), forwandle (Calque of NHG verwandeln), shapeshift
transformation	n	forshaping (Cf. OE forscieppan), forwandling (Calque of NHG Verwandlung), shapeshifting
transsexual	n	she-man, he-lady, ladyboy
transsexual	n	she-man, he-lady, ladyboy
transsubstantiate	vb	yondwhat, yondandwork
transvestite	n	thwart-dresser
trauma	n	wound, aftershock
travel	vb	fare [past fore, ppt faren], wayfare [past -fore, ppt -faren], yondfare [past -fore, ppt -faren]
traverse	vb	yondscrithe [past yondscrothe, ppt yondscrithen] (<OE geondscríðan)
treachery	n	swick [pl sweek] (<OE swic), falsedom ("false" is of Latin origin)
treason	n	forrede (Cf. OE forrǽdan, Du. verraden, NHG verraten)
treasure	n	dearworthness (<OE déorwyrðnes)
treasury	n	gavelguild (<OE gafolgyld)
treat	vb	behandle
treaty	n	truce, frithwrit (peace), fordrawing (Cf. NHG Vertrag)
tremble	vb	quiver, shudder, quake
tremor	n	quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder
trench	n	gravet (from O.E. grafet)
trespass	vb	overstep
tribal leader	n	kinelder
tribe	n	kindred
tribute	n	gavel (<OE gafol)
tributary	n	brook
trichology	n	hairlore
trilobite	n	threeleaf bug
trinity	n	threeness, threesome (godlore: threefoldness, Godthree)
tripartite	adj	thridealed (<OE þridǽled), threefold
triplet	n	threeling, thryn
tristful	adj	downcast, gloomy, unblithe, unglad, wretched
triumph	n	win, sig, sigor (OE)
triumvirate	n	thriwered (exact calque: trium- thri + -vir- were + -ate -[e]d)
trivial	adj	paltry
trouble	vb & n	worry, reck, ail, dretch (esp in sleep)
truck	n	lorry, freightwain
truncheon	n	cadgel, nightstick, club
trunk	n	body, bole, salk, stock, stem, shaft
try	vb	forseek
tuition	n	teaching
turn	vb	wend, wind, writhe
turn against	vb	andwerve
turning point	n	watershed
turn into	vb	become, char
turtle	n	shieldpaddock (Cf. Afrik. skilpad, Dan. skildpadde, Du. schildpad, Norw. skilpadde/skjelpadde, Swed. sköldpadda)
tutelage	n	wardship, care, watching-over, warding, upbringing
tutor	n	teacher
tweezers	n	nippers
type	n	kind, ilk
typify	vb	kinden, mark, inbody
typical	adj	kindish
Tyrannosaurus rex	n	great king athex